BWF Para-Badminton World Championships 2017

BWF Para-Badminton World Championships

Para-Badminton

Technical officials are central to controlling the game of badminton on-court and ensuring fair match play which follows the Laws of Badminton and the various competition regulations.

Ensuring a high standard of officiating at international competitions is a key goal of the BWF. Training and development of technical officials is an important part of maintaining consistently high standards of officiating.

BWF appoints technical officials to all BWF Para-Badminton events.

In Para-Badminton, technical officials can be categorised as Referee, Technical Delegate, Umpires, Line Judges as well as Classifiers.

BWF is responsible for:

Supporting the training and developing technical officials.

Regularly assessing and reviewing performance of officials at international competitions.

Managing the qualification and certification system for BWF technical officials.